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National Children's Day (1980) ●

 

    

 

 Issue Name:

National Children's Day 1980

 Thai Issue Name:

วันเด็กแห่งชาติ ปี 2523

 Issue Date:

1980/2523-01-12

 Cause:

To commemorate the 1980 National Children's Day

 Catalogue Number:

1980/1-2

 Denomination:

0.75 Baht, 0.75 Baht

 Unused Value:

30 Baht, 30 Baht

 Complete Set: 

60 Baht (unused), 14 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/c

 Size:

45 x 27 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

3,000,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Grafische Inrichting B.V., The Netherlands

 Subject:

Farmers wearing a ngop while working in the field: 1. a male and female framer working in a paddy field transplanting ton klah, i.e. young rice sprouts, by uprooting, bundling and moving them, for replanting the rice with more distance between them for a better growth; 2. two female farmers harvesting crops in a field and a male farmer holding a chicken coop which in Thai is called soom kai (fig.).

 Related Link:

rice, ngop, ton klah, soom kai